5 NOVEMBER 2022
“In many ways we [Sids] are the guardians of the Paris Agreement, because for us it’s life and death: it’s the reality of sustained livelihoods within a society or losing not just livelihoods but losing people and land, and the danger of becoming extinct – some islands will be swallowed up unless something happens,” says Webson. “These aren’t just words; this is a fact.”
- Walton “Aubrey” Webson, Alliance of Small Island States (Aosis) current chair, ambassador and permanent representative to the UN for Antigua and Barbuda
